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💉 Blood pressure agent 💉 Raises blood pressure
pressor

pressor

9.7
Causing blood pressure to rise
  • adjective
  • /ˈprɛsər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pressor
  • The doctor administered a pressor agent to help stabilize the patient’s blood pressure.

Examples

  • Certain medications have pressor effects that must be closely monitored.

  • Research into pressor responses is vital for understanding cardiovascular diseases.

  • The pressor is effective.

  • Is that medication a pressor?

  • Certain medications have pressor effects that must be closely monitored.

  • The doctor administered a pressor agent to help stabilize the patient’s blood pressure.

  • Research into pressor responses is vital for understanding cardiovascular diseases.

Synonyms

vasopressor
vspressor
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A drug that makes blood vessels get smaller and raises blood pressure

is more general, meaning it simply causes blood pressure to rise without medical focus
vasoconstrictor
vspressor
  • Specialized
1 7.3

Something, like a drug, that makes blood vessels narrow and raises blood pressure

is focused on the pressure increase itself and not on the narrowing process

Surface Forms

pressor positive

Morphology

pressor = press (semi-transparent) = press + or

Formed from 'press' + '-or' (agentive), but the medical meaning 'raises blood pressure' is a specialized extension not obvious to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word pressor comes from an old Latin word that means 'to press', and you can see the same idea in press and pressure. So when something is described as pressor it 'presses' the blood vessels and makes blood pressure go up.